New Delhi: Finally, the debt-laden Air India sale is showing signs of taking off. The Tata Group, which has submitted an expression of interest (EoI) for Air India, is reportedly in serious discussion with Singapore Airlines (SIA), its joint venture partner in Vistara, as the $113 billion (about Rs 8.34 lakh crore) salt-to-software conglomerate is
Mohali: Private airlines IndiGo will resume its Dubai flight from Chandigarh international airport after eight months. Air India will resume the operations of Sharjah flight, but it will arrive at Chandigarh once a week on Saturdays and will leave from Delhi. An airport spokesperson said IndiGo will be operating Dubai flight every Monday. The flight
Air India staff unions are protesting what they call an ‘unfair’ pay cut and have demanded continuation of medical benefits and payment of arrears before privatisation of the company takes place. While the pilot unions have asked their members not to undertake extra duties, Air India Employees Union (AIEU) has sought a meeting with Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep
Air India is considering refurbishing two of its Boeing 777-300ERs with its latest business class product. The airline will reportedly use the seats from the “Air India One,” the two VIP 777s which were recently upgraded. The seats from the old aircraft have since been flown to an Air India facility, possibly to be retrofitted.
The Centre on Monday denied asking airlines not to fly in Chinese nationals. According to Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri, the government has not issued such order and that reports suggesting airlines have been asked to stop flying Chinese nationals are wrong. “It is wrong to make suggestions as to citizen of which country
Coimbatore: Low cost airline GoAir is launching its services from Coimbatore with an afternoon flight between the city and Mumbai, starting Thursday. The flight will depart from Mumbai at 12.40pm and land in Coimbatore at 2.30pm. It will take off from Coimbatore at 3pm and land in Mumbai at 4.50pm. GoAir chief executive officer Kaushik
Seamless connectivity between Nagaland and New Delhi became a reality on December 26 with the arrival of first direct flight to Dimapur Airport from New Delhi. The Indigo 6E 2433 arriving from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) with 149 passengers on board was welcomed with traditional water cannon salutes by spraying arcs of water over
Chenaai: Flying to the US and Canada has become expensive as passengers from Chennai have to transit via Dubai or Abu Dhabi, the only two international hubs that are operating flights after flights were suspended to Europe and to the UK. As options are fewer, fares are up by almost 50%. Travellers are forced to
Chennai: Amid reports of spread of mutant variant of coronavirus in the United Kingdom, nine crew members of a British Airways cargo flight from London were subjected to coronavirus tests and were sent to quarantine on their arrival at the Anna International airport here today. Sources said following the spread of the mutant variant of
Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Friday said so far 10 people who have come to the state from the UK have tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genetic sequencing to find out whether it is a new strain of virus that has infected them. “Among the UK returnees
